Tom: G
Introdução:
Am7 D7
Yesterday when I was young
G7+ C7+
The taste of love was sweet as rain upon my tongue
F#m7 B7
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game
Em B7 E7
The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame
Am7 D7
The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned
G7+ C7+
I always built to last on weak and shifting sand
F#m7 B7
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day,
Em B7 E7
And only now I see how the years ran away
Am7 D7
Yesterday when I was young
G7+ C7+
So many happy songs were waiting to be sung
Am7 B7
So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me,
Em B7 E7
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
Am7 D7
I ran so fast that time and youth, at last, ran out
G7+ C7+
I never stopped to think what life was all about
Am7 B7
And ev'ry conversation I can now recall
Em B7 E7
Concerned it self with me, and nothing else at all
Am7 D7
Yesterday the moon was blue
G7+ C7+
And every crazy day brought something new to do
F#m7 B7
I used my magic age as if it were a wand
Em B7 E7
And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond
Am7 D7
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
G7+ C7+
And every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died
F#m7 B7
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
Em B7 E7
And only I am left on stage to end the play
Am7 D7
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung
G7+ C7+
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue
Am7 B7
The time has come for me to pay for yesterday
Em Am Em
When I was young